History of Western Music Prior to 1750 - MUS 221 at Virginia Western Community College
https://courses.vccs.edu/colleges/vwcc/courses/MUS221-HistoryofWesternMusicPriorto1750
Effective: 2022-03-31
Course Description
Presents the chronology of musical styles and significant composers from Antiquity through the Pre-Classical era. Relates the development of music from a socio-historical perspective including parallel movements within the arts. Develops techniques for listening analytically and critically to music. MUS 221 and 222 may transfer as the same course. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course.
Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
Provide a detailed understanding of the evolution of Western music from Antiquity through Pre-Classical eras.
Course Objectives
- Communication
- Effectively communicate music observations through written and/or oral communication
- Critical Thinking
- Identify how various social, political, economic, religious, and historical events may influence a composer and the style of music from a given historical period
- Evaluate artistic movements within an era and any corresponding interrelationship with music
- Identify and understand how instruments and music ensembles evolved from the Medieval Period through the Pre-Classical era.
- Identify the development, evolution, and use of the elements of music
- Identify various music forms and understand how those forms influenced the creation of compositions and the listening experience
- Personal Development
- Augment listening skills through assignments/assessments designed to listen analytically and critically to music
- Demonstrate proficiency in the development of receptivity to music from different historical periods
- Demonstrate the development of receptivity to compositions of composers representative of a given historical period
- Cultivate personal goals related to music listening, participation, or performance attendance
- Medieval Period
- Identify significant historical events
- Identify parallel movements within the arts
- Describe the evolution of notation during this period
- Name significant composers and their works
- Describe the evolution of sacred and secular music styles
- Identify key aspects of sacred and secular music
- Visually identify and recognize the soundscape of instruments and ensembles of this period
- Identify the basic structure of forms and recognize that form while listening to music of this period
- Renaissance Period
- Identify significant historical events
- Identify parallel movements within the arts
- Name significant composers and their works
- Describe the evolution of sacred and secular music styles
- Identify key aspects of sacred and secular music
- Visually identify and recognize the soundscape of instruments and ensembles of this period
- Identify the basic structure of forms and recognize that form while listening to music of this period
- Baroque/Pre-Classical Period
- Identify significant historical events
- Identify parallel movements within the arts
- Name significant composers and their works
- Describe the evolution of sacred and secular music styles
- Identify key aspects of sacred and secular music
- Visually identify and recognize the soundscape of instruments and ensembles of this period
- Identify the basic structure of forms and recognize that form while listening to music of this period
Major Topics to be Included
- Personal Development
- Medieval Period
- Renaissance Period
- Baroque/Pre-Classical Period